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More news from Auckland, New Zealand: a dream country right now, one of the few in the world where a normal life is led, that is, without a mask. America’s Cup boats run fast but have more than one technical problem to solve. The most serious, the one that could compromise the whole show, is the reed lifting system, made with quite complex hydraulics.
They designed it, as a common element to the four ships to reduce costs, the engineers of Emirates Team New Zealand, it must be the best: but it works badly, it does not always respond to the commands and efforts imposed on the ships. He is responsible for sudden dives in the water like Patriot against Luna Rossa.
For a few days, Sir Ben Ainslie, skipper of Ineos Team Uk, has been proposing the subject to the press, who have openly criticized it. The first day he was twice on foot, his ground team worked all night to allow him to suffer two consecutive defeats in games with New Zealand, but at least to finish the tour. This is likely to become the problem in the next few weeks. Luna Rossa’s right helmsman, James Spithill, complained instead about how his electronics give him an incorrect position of the starting line and buoys: for this reason the Italian boat has won, so to speak, two penalties for entering the starting box too early.
The PRADA America’s Cup World Series Auckland ends tonight, all four competitors have met their opponents twice. Tomorrow is the day dedicated to the PRADA Christmas Race that will have a knockout scheme, then the Christmas holidays, which the teams will spend licking their wounds, in meetings and night work. It’s the America’s Cup.
